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john boehner still in the house for the time being at the treasury. the president is back in the white house and harry reid is in the senate with a few more seats. why should i believe this would end any more positively than the summer of 2011? >> because again i'm not going to try to talk to you in optimism but let's look at what's changed. you have republican leadership acknowledging for the first time in this debate in public that it's agreed to increase in revenues as part of an agreement that helps restore fiscal balance. that's a very important change. you can debate on what motivated that change, and of course it's true that approach has been a popular very substantial support among the american people. you have a much greater recognition that the economy would benefit on a carefully designed balanced agreement on fiscal reform and putting it off indefinitely is not good for the country. that's important, too. and i also think again if you listen carefully to what people are saying and what many politicians are saying with many elected represen
john boehner still in the house for the time being at the treasury. the president is back in the white house and harry reid is in the senate with a few more seats. why should i believe this would end any more positively than the summer of 2011? >> because again i'm not going to try to talk to you in optimism but let's look at what's changed. you have republican leadership acknowledging for the first time in this debate in public that it's agreed to increase in revenues as part of an...
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and boehner was able to persuade them, don't touch it. and so it was democrat own corrupt mess that didn't work. at 20 republicans, can i get something from a district just a little thing and i vote for? then it would've been a bipartisan mess in 2010 and never happened. i think boehner and mitch mcconnell understand as you go into 2014, 2016 and the rest of the republic's life, if the republican party is apart from obama's -- it succeeds. if you hug him and join and do bad things, that's unlikely to work. >> is there a loophole in the pledge? if we go off the cliff at the end of the or, if all the bush tax cuts expire, if everybody's taxes go up and then republicans vote to eliminate taxes on everyone, or to reinstate the bush tax cuts for everyone except for the various -- they're all voting for a tax cut, right? >> here's the challenge, and this has been what harry reid doesn't get to the pledges not to make. the pledges to the people of the state and the american people. so if your congressman percentage can go back and say 20 differe
and boehner was able to persuade them, don't touch it. and so it was democrat own corrupt mess that didn't work. at 20 republicans, can i get something from a district just a little thing and i vote for? then it would've been a bipartisan mess in 2010 and never happened. i think boehner and mitch mcconnell understand as you go into 2014, 2016 and the rest of the republic's life, if the republican party is apart from obama's -- it succeeds. if you hug him and join and do bad things, that's...
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not that i want to kill boehner. it's too bad that he can't just do what needs to be done, which is to make clear what the problems are and in them. >> i had a question that was very much related to the last comment. it has to do with both osama bin laden and these -- the use of the secret war. david ignatius wrote about how he is one of the presidents who has taken most quickly into understanding our intelligence system and all the secret stuff that is out there. we have all these secret armies. also what is interesting, he has been one of the presidents who has been most vociferous about shutting down and badly treating whistle-blowers and not tolerating any -- any kind of a tax or someone coming at him. and so i am wondering if you put all of this together, someone who cannot book criticism, having an alternative view out there. on top of this being willing to be a law unto himself, regardless of what that is. >> this is all is why i like to come to politics and prose. i think that in his unconscious, and this is,
not that i want to kill boehner. it's too bad that he can't just do what needs to be done, which is to make clear what the problems are and in them. >> i had a question that was very much related to the last comment. it has to do with both osama bin laden and these -- the use of the secret war. david ignatius wrote about how he is one of the presidents who has taken most quickly into understanding our intelligence system and all the secret stuff that is out there. we have all these secret...
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speaker boehner said when he became speaker, he said we are going to have to behave like adults. that includes the debt limit. it says to me we are operating on dangerous ground. we can get away with it as long as there is no other reserve currency and other countries are doing worse than we are. but it is not a game i believe we should be playing. >> this reminds me, i was interviewing a candidate earlier this cycle. i won't say what office he was running for. but we were discussing his position on the debt ceiling. and i said, would you really -- would you really push hard enough so that we would actually go in default? and the candidate -- he was reasonably bright and articulate, knew something about this -- he looked at me and said, well, you know, yes, because everyone would know it was just a technical default. the u.s. government isn't really going into default. it was a technical default. i thought to myself, well, the european markets would've been very contentious if they wouldn't have fell. that is a radical debate, but now we are going to go to closing statements. the
speaker boehner said when he became speaker, he said we are going to have to behave like adults. that includes the debt limit. it says to me we are operating on dangerous ground. we can get away with it as long as there is no other reserve currency and other countries are doing worse than we are. but it is not a game i believe we should be playing. >> this reminds me, i was interviewing a candidate earlier this cycle. i won't say what office he was running for. but we were discussing his...
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john boehner will be, you know, the next speaker, eric cantor will be the majority leader, and kevin mccarthy will be the majority whip. where it starts to get interesting is for the conference chairman position. this is currently held by jeb hensarling who is making a bid to be the financial services chairman. hensarling has been a sort of rising star for a while within republican ranks. he was a republican study committee chairman which is sort of the top conservative position in republican circles in the house. there are two people who are making a run for conference chairman. tom price, who's also a committee chairman of the past, he's currently the republican policy committee chairman, he's making a bid for conference chairman, and kathy mcmorris rogers who's vice chairman of the republican congress right now. and they really do represent two different modes. mcmorris rogers is a very effective surrogate for romney. she is from washington, she's from tom foley's old district in the, in central/south washington. it's an agricultural area. spokane is sort of the population center,
john boehner will be, you know, the next speaker, eric cantor will be the majority leader, and kevin mccarthy will be the majority whip. where it starts to get interesting is for the conference chairman position. this is currently held by jeb hensarling who is making a bid to be the financial services chairman. hensarling has been a sort of rising star for a while within republican ranks. he was a republican study committee chairman which is sort of the top conservative position in republican...
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but i think boehner is the one who's got the weight of the world on the shoulders right now in terms of trying to navigate a deal that is at the end of the day, even the president admitted this. he won't cut it back deal, but not everybody will be happy with the deal. not everybody on the left and not everybody on the right is probably going to be happy with the final outcome. that is what dealmaking is about. we've got to hope that it's really the best deal possible for us. >> i would just add in terms of republicans again, first of all exact funding for education is caught up again in this bigger issue of the nondefense discretionary come as any negotiations on the fiscal cliff. unfortunately they don't talk about how much money should title one day, pokhran skit because it's part of this bigger pot of money. our goal is to get rid of the sequestering protect nondefense discretionary. i will say there have been republicans or are republicans who are big fans in particular funding for special education for children to disabilities. it's one of the more bipartisan programs. there's a
but i think boehner is the one who's got the weight of the world on the shoulders right now in terms of trying to navigate a deal that is at the end of the day, even the president admitted this. he won't cut it back deal, but not everybody will be happy with the deal. not everybody on the left and not everybody on the right is probably going to be happy with the final outcome. that is what dealmaking is about. we've got to hope that it's really the best deal possible for us. >> i would...
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have you heard a speaker john boehner? hears us that the democrats are. they have made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent. so it's pretty easy for most of these people to get reelected. a lot of them have no opponents. more of them have nominal opponents of the major party. nevermind the green party or the libertarian party, constitution party. they know how to marginalize small parties, keep them out of debates, wear them down with ballot access obstacles. so what are we doing about our member economies? the guy to ask ourselves work questions. answer this one for me. please be candid. someone who is your neighbor, let say, knocks on your door, says hi, i am your new neighbor. i want to tell you a little bit about myself. he put down your little iphone, turn off the tv. i spent 23% of your income. i can let all kinds of companies rip you off, and employ you, i made sure you come disrespect to come to invade your privacy and expose you to toxic chemicals. i can raise your taxes or lower your taxes. i can sing you
have you heard a speaker john boehner? hears us that the democrats are. they have made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent. so it's pretty easy for most of these people to get reelected. a lot of them have no opponents. more of them have nominal opponents of the major party. nevermind the green party or the libertarian party, constitution party. they know how to marginalize small parties, keep them out of debates, wear them down with ballot access...
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no, i think boehner has been very clear. i think rev news are -- revenues are on the table. life's filled with compromises, we'll see where that goes. so, no, last time, you're right, it didn't work. we weren't facing quite the same set of circumstances we're facing today, and so i'm cautiously optimistic, although i will also just say lastly that people sometimes say, okay, there's either a deal that looks like simpson-bowles or we go off the cliff. we could end up with all kinds of outcomes that may be less than i would like, maybe less that all of you would like or at least something. i'm hoping it's more over here. but i don't know. >> and, steve, so we are gathered here to talk about u.s. global competitiveness. how important is resolving these issues to the american position in the global economy? >> well, first of all, i think it's important not just to our position in the global economy, but our position in the world. admiral mullen who is the previous chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said our greatest national security threat was our lack of fiscal resources an
no, i think boehner has been very clear. i think rev news are -- revenues are on the table. life's filled with compromises, we'll see where that goes. so, no, last time, you're right, it didn't work. we weren't facing quite the same set of circumstances we're facing today, and so i'm cautiously optimistic, although i will also just say lastly that people sometimes say, okay, there's either a deal that looks like simpson-bowles or we go off the cliff. we could end up with all kinds of outcomes...
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it's time for speaker boehner to look beyond ideology and partisan politics. it's time for him to look at the history of a bill that again and again has been supported and expanded by republicans and democrats and end the delaymen . because, frankly, it's tak takia toll. every moment that the house continues to delay is another moment that 30 million vulnerable women are left without the protections they deserve in this country. madam president, the women this bill protects have seen their lives destroyed by the court is ocowardiceof those who claim to. we have a chance to stand up for them where others have not. but the only way we can help protect these women is to prove as a authorization we have the courage to do so. the courage to show them that discrimination has no place in our domestic violence laws. and to do that, we need to pass the senate's inclusive bipartisan violence against women act. mrs. boxer: will my friend yield before she makes her unanimous consent request? mrs. murray: i will yield. mrs. boxer: i have some questions. i want to make sure
it's time for speaker boehner to look beyond ideology and partisan politics. it's time for him to look at the history of a bill that again and again has been supported and expanded by republicans and democrats and end the delaymen . because, frankly, it's tak takia toll. every moment that the house continues to delay is another moment that 30 million vulnerable women are left without the protections they deserve in this country. madam president, the women this bill protects have seen their...
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president obama and speaker boehner cut this deal. did you ever buy a car, sit down with the salesman, decide on a price, shake hands? you have been through that, right? he says, i have to go check with the manager. [laughter] obama shook hands with boehner last july. the deal fell apart. i am not trying to say why. they had a deal. revenues $800 billion. entitlements, health, $400 billion. remember my charts. that is where the major problem is. a good start. chained cpi, the way we index federal programs. $800 billion in entitlements. these are very approximate numbers. these are the deals they settled on. this sequester accomplishes that. the other stuff fell apart. why do i point this out? they had a deal. they shook hands. it is not impossible for us to get a deal. at least to put the process down for a deal. let's not give up hope. so what would a deal look like. kick the can down the road another year. they could use the budget resolution and reconciliation rules to put a restraint on a future congress of about a $3 trillion alo
president obama and speaker boehner cut this deal. did you ever buy a car, sit down with the salesman, decide on a price, shake hands? you have been through that, right? he says, i have to go check with the manager. [laughter] obama shook hands with boehner last july. the deal fell apart. i am not trying to say why. they had a deal. revenues $800 billion. entitlements, health, $400 billion. remember my charts. that is where the major problem is. a good start. chained cpi, the way we index...
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been very cold-blooded in the his strategy in a way that boehner hasn't, but it was in the house far more than the freshmen tea party members, the members of the republican study committee including long-time veterans like jim jordan of ohio and mike pence and a thurm of others -- a number of others who posed a much deeper challenge. but with all of that a part of the problem was there's a natural tendency when you have this movement emerging and people who are energized to ride that tiger and to exploit it as much as you can and believe that once you have taken them past the finish line, you can co-opt them. and i'll change the animal metaphor. if you cultivate a hungry and rabid rot wilier and it scares everybody in the neighborhood, that can be fabulous for you until you have to go outside. and then it may not recognize who the master really is. and i think it's been frustrating for a john boehner who at root is a legislator and a problem solver that he can't control his troops. and that's a part of what's going on here. what's also true and, stu, you know this as well as anybody
been very cold-blooded in the his strategy in a way that boehner hasn't, but it was in the house far more than the freshmen tea party members, the members of the republican study committee including long-time veterans like jim jordan of ohio and mike pence and a thurm of others -- a number of others who posed a much deeper challenge. but with all of that a part of the problem was there's a natural tendency when you have this movement emerging and people who are energized to ride that tiger and...
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on saturday, july 30th, 2011, two days before the debt limit deadline, i had dinner with john boehner, and saxby chambliss, who'd been close friends serving together in the house. i shared my concerns with the speaker and he asked how i would get to a better outcome >> guest: well, first of all, ask yourself the question, when was the last time the debt limit was not increased. so, do we have a debt limit? and the answer to that is, the reason we're in trouble is because we essentially do that every time a president wants to raise it, they did it raised. so we've never acted responsibly to trim the waste in government. here's the other point i think. we are going to -- here's the debt limit we're going to run into. it's what "the debt bomb" is all about. there will come a time in the very near future where people won't loan us money. because their expectation of our ability to pay it back will be such that we will see interest payments like greece. and that's not all that far away. you can have ben bernanke telling you there's no inflation. most americans know that is into right now i
on saturday, july 30th, 2011, two days before the debt limit deadline, i had dinner with john boehner, and saxby chambliss, who'd been close friends serving together in the house. i shared my concerns with the speaker and he asked how i would get to a better outcome >> guest: well, first of all, ask yourself the question, when was the last time the debt limit was not increased. so, do we have a debt limit? and the answer to that is, the reason we're in trouble is because we essentially do...
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once he plays golf with john boehner he can't kill him. [laughter] that's too bad. not that want to kill john boehner but it is too bad he can't just do what needs to be done which is make clear what the problems are and name them. >> i had a question that was very much related to the last comment and, has to do with osama bin laden and these drone killings, use of secret war. david ignatius wrote how he is one of the presidents who has taken most quickly into understanding our intelligence system and all this secret stuff that is out there and we have all the secret armies. and he is also what is interesting been one of the presidents who has been most vociferious about shutting down and badly treating whistle-blowers and not tolerating any kind, wikileaks, any kind of attacks of someone coming at him. so i'm, wondering if he put all this together of someone who can't brook criticism? who can't brook having an alternative view of out there and, and on top of this being willing to take, to be a law unto himself regardless of of what the law is? >> this is always whe
once he plays golf with john boehner he can't kill him. [laughter] that's too bad. not that want to kill john boehner but it is too bad he can't just do what needs to be done which is make clear what the problems are and name them. >> i had a question that was very much related to the last comment and, has to do with osama bin laden and these drone killings, use of secret war. david ignatius wrote how he is one of the presidents who has taken most quickly into understanding our...
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john boehner could not even pass a tax proposal that he suggesting that would keep the taxes the same for everybody except people making over a million dollars.llio nope, grover and the boys said s no. can't do that. so he voted -- didn't p even bring it up for a vote. so i am here, i'm happy to listen to anything the speaker and the republican leader have. they have the way of getting to the president. they don't need my help. but i'm happy to work with them any way that i can. but the way things have been but going, it's not a really goods cape hatch that we have --ve. escape hatch that we have.they they're out of town, they won't be back for two days, 48 hours. so that's where we are.
john boehner could not even pass a tax proposal that he suggesting that would keep the taxes the same for everybody except people making over a million dollars.llio nope, grover and the boys said s no. can't do that. so he voted -- didn't p even bring it up for a vote. so i am here, i'm happy to listen to anything the speaker and the republican leader have. they have the way of getting to the president. they don't need my help. but i'm happy to work with them any way that i can. but the way...
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president, john boehner, harry reid, and senator mcconnell -- you can't do in three and half weeks a half weeks what needs to be done. the next year is that moment of opportunity. and i think the work is being done and i think this will help get a result. >> when he does come back and say, i was disappointed when the president come after simpson-bowles, didn't really embrace it and i don't know that we would've adopted it, but it would have been the least possible. it is because the president has been reelected after a very tough campaign. the republicans have been upset by the results of the campaign and you have the raw personal material for this to work out to everyone's benefit. he is very much smart and very effective. >> inner has to get the votes. he calls for both it only gets a vote on his conference committee has problems of his own. .. >> maybe the world economy would collapse if we didn't deal with it, it was taken tonight house of representatives r and it was defeated, and they timely got it passed after they -- after the market tankedded, and then you had the same crowd
president, john boehner, harry reid, and senator mcconnell -- you can't do in three and half weeks a half weeks what needs to be done. the next year is that moment of opportunity. and i think the work is being done and i think this will help get a result. >> when he does come back and say, i was disappointed when the president come after simpson-bowles, didn't really embrace it and i don't know that we would've adopted it, but it would have been the least possible. it is because the...
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and, you know, what i would like to tell john boehner is don't give in to this craziness. this is nothing but craziness. and i watched harry reid yesterday. you know, he talked and he talked and he really said nothing. then he went on about dance, dance, dance and i thought to myself all you do is dance around with these bills that they send. the house will have a bill, they send it to the senate and what does he do? dances around it and never addresses it. >> host: know by partisanship than for you? >> caller: no, absolutely none. then when he left the stage and was walking off, the man -- i feel bad for him that he just can't get it together -- he grabbed ahold of the flag. he was falling. then he grabbed ahold of low wall and at that point i said uh oh that man needs to go home. he's too old to be there. he doesn't do his job and is collecting a big paycheck. >> host: we covered that news conference. you probably watched it on c-span, go over to the site, c-span.org if you want to watch the entire press conference with senate majority leader harry reid. on facebook here
and, you know, what i would like to tell john boehner is don't give in to this craziness. this is nothing but craziness. and i watched harry reid yesterday. you know, he talked and he talked and he really said nothing. then he went on about dance, dance, dance and i thought to myself all you do is dance around with these bills that they send. the house will have a bill, they send it to the senate and what does he do? dances around it and never addresses it. >> host: know by partisanship...
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john boehner. mr. speaker, thank you for coming again. [applause] >> also joining us is the state president of the north dakota eternal order of police. grant benjamin, he is here today representing the national border directors and owner of the lost board of directors member from the fraternal order of police steve kenner who passed away in the line of duty in 2011. steve was the fourth national board member of the f.o.p. to die in the line of duty and grant is here today representing those four, but more especially his friend, steve kenner. thank you, grant. [applause] >> next i welcome linda henning, national president of fraternal order of police auxiliary, our partners in this memorial service. shall be welcoming you all in a few minutes. turning now to my left, please welcome paul irving, the sergeant at arms of the house of representatives. this is his first service as the house sergeant at arms, and we are very grateful for his presence. [applause] >> next is the acting chief of our host agency denied state capitol police. tom rey
john boehner. mr. speaker, thank you for coming again. [applause] >> also joining us is the state president of the north dakota eternal order of police. grant benjamin, he is here today representing the national border directors and owner of the lost board of directors member from the fraternal order of police steve kenner who passed away in the line of duty in 2011. steve was the fourth national board member of the f.o.p. to die in the line of duty and grant is here today representing...
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it's time for speaker boehner to look beyond ideology and partisan politics. it's time for him to look at the history of a bill that again and again and again has been supported and expanded by republicans and democrats. it's time for him to do the right thing and pass our inclusive bipartisan violence against women act. because women across the country's lives literally depend on it. madam president, i'm delighted that my colleague from california is here with me. she's been with us every step of the way in this bipartisan bill that we've moved forward, and as women and men who support us, we are going to continue being loud and strong. we need to pass the senate bill, speaker baron -- speaker boehner needs to take it up. the women in this country are watching and waiting. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objec
it's time for speaker boehner to look beyond ideology and partisan politics. it's time for him to look at the history of a bill that again and again and again has been supported and expanded by republicans and democrats. it's time for him to do the right thing and pass our inclusive bipartisan violence against women act. because women across the country's lives literally depend on it. madam president, i'm delighted that my colleague from california is here with me. she's been with us every step...
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you know, i'd love, you know, john boehner, but and john is a good guy. i sincerely like him, personally, but john, when asked about how from i said, i go, i reject the word. well, guess what? the american people are figuring out they reject the word. they reject the notion of compromise. i thought it was pretty start an observable, the different mood this state of being, not just the quality of the state of being at the different mood on the floor this time out. because i think it's become clear to every republican on the floor that the folks have figured out that they reject the notion of compromise. and i think the american public understands, we have never been able to move this country long without compromise. you can compromise and be true to your principles. they are not inconsistent. leader cantor, when it came up to the debt ceiling vote, called it in a minute because i was doing at negotiation with steny, and others know trying to deal with the debt ceiling. he said, and he was honest about it, he said this is a leverage moment. a leverage momen
you know, i'd love, you know, john boehner, but and john is a good guy. i sincerely like him, personally, but john, when asked about how from i said, i go, i reject the word. well, guess what? the american people are figuring out they reject the word. they reject the notion of compromise. i thought it was pretty start an observable, the different mood this state of being, not just the quality of the state of being at the different mood on the floor this time out. because i think it's become...
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john boehner once and jim clyburn twice. that's it. and i think there were 40 basketball games that are known and he played, there were 10 members in one game. and that's it. and go around community, go around to members -- to our democratic house offices of not freshmen or sophomores that it never had a single white house official walk across the threshold. now, let's say the president is 100% committed to getting a budget deal through, a grand bargain. what you have to ask yourself, even if his intentions are absolutely the best, and even if he's absolutely committed to it, he is going to have to change the whole way he operates 100%. a democratic lobbyist friend of mine says a model of the white house seems to be no new friends. [laughter] so, i mean, i'm a long-term optimist and a short-term pessimist, but we will see. >> and the difference between bill clinton and barack obama is bill clinton wants any new friend you could find, and that was part of what he was so successful politically, and this president has a different way of o
john boehner once and jim clyburn twice. that's it. and i think there were 40 basketball games that are known and he played, there were 10 members in one game. and that's it. and go around community, go around to members -- to our democratic house offices of not freshmen or sophomores that it never had a single white house official walk across the threshold. now, let's say the president is 100% committed to getting a budget deal through, a grand bargain. what you have to ask yourself, even if...
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and i was struck when speaker john boehner said yesterday the higher tax rates are unacceptable to him. with all due respect it's not really his choice anymore. what's different about this environment is fax the tax rates, the bush tax rates to expire for everybody. after this campaign would be pretty shocking as any candidate ever. i am going to raise taxes, and unless he suddenly decides i didn't mean it it doesn't really matter all that much what the speaker thinks is acceptable because on this one issue that tax cuts will expire. all house republicans a sign grover norquist not to raise tax rates. the entire bush tax cut expires the end of the year you extend it for 97% of americans he's never actually voted to raise taxes. you're only cutting taxes. so it's possible when the speaker said that yesterday i was thinking it wasn't really reflecting the world that he now lives and so unless the president is willing, they will not be. >> i have a question for you. to what extent will there be a major -- it was in the republican party against the tea party. >> i'm sorry? >> to what exten
and i was struck when speaker john boehner said yesterday the higher tax rates are unacceptable to him. with all due respect it's not really his choice anymore. what's different about this environment is fax the tax rates, the bush tax rates to expire for everybody. after this campaign would be pretty shocking as any candidate ever. i am going to raise taxes, and unless he suddenly decides i didn't mean it it doesn't really matter all that much what the speaker thinks is acceptable because on...
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he insists it was an offer speaker boehner is equally insistent that it was a demand. i talked to him, talked to all the people. now, no one else was in the room, there's no secret tape recording of that phone conversation i know about. if anyone does, please, give me a call. [laughter] but why do that on the phone? you shouldn't do that on the phone. you should other people there so it's carefully, you know, i mean, it was changing or making a proposal at the end that set this off on a track. it is a very dramatic story, and it brings to the fore the issues that we're going to be dealing with in three or four months. yes. >> you may have already allude today this somewhat in answering a previous question, but, you know, congressional approval is at record lows, and people left, right, center, everywhere talk about how broken government is. and what are those things there your perspective that have broken it, and what are those things that if they were removed either individual or structural, um, that would help fix it? what's the path forward? >> you know, that's abov
he insists it was an offer speaker boehner is equally insistent that it was a demand. i talked to him, talked to all the people. now, no one else was in the room, there's no secret tape recording of that phone conversation i know about. if anyone does, please, give me a call. [laughter] but why do that on the phone? you shouldn't do that on the phone. you should other people there so it's carefully, you know, i mean, it was changing or making a proposal at the end that set this off on a track....
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speakers include house speaker john boehner, governor rick perry and herman cain as well as kentucky senator rand paul. >> fewer than 60 days effective april 1, 2012, japan will lower its combined corporate rate to 38%. that will leave the united states with the highest corporate tax rate in the entire industrialized world. this dubious distinction will make it that much more challenging to attract businesses to hire and invest here at home where we need jobs. >> someone said the seeing tax law made is like seeing sausage made. you just don't want to see it. >> it's time for american businesses to put aside our industry-specific wish lists and to work collectively to support a more coherent and equitable tax policy and corporate taxation structure. >> this week house ways and means took up the future of corporate tax policy for publicly-traded companies and how to encourage investment and job growth by lowering tax crates and e limb -- tax rates and eliminating special tax rates. follow the discussion online at c-span.org/videolibrary. >> now, the former middle east adviser to presid
speakers include house speaker john boehner, governor rick perry and herman cain as well as kentucky senator rand paul. >> fewer than 60 days effective april 1, 2012, japan will lower its combined corporate rate to 38%. that will leave the united states with the highest corporate tax rate in the entire industrialized world. this dubious distinction will make it that much more challenging to attract businesses to hire and invest here at home where we need jobs. >> someone said the...
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or two questions that john boehner. number one, ac temperamentally willing to go and legislate, especially if he is major concessions president. i think you might get the answer is yes. at least the second second question. can he bring his caucus along? a couple of the leading tea party members of the house republican maturity would see this, but the caucus is still as conservative as it was before last night. so i don't know the answer, but we have issues that could really divide us. immigration for the president is going to move ahead very quick we. i see the tender when deal that every republican presidential candidate said they would not accept. it may not be tender one. 41 or 51, the republicans get at least 80% of what they want. the question is can they say yes to 80% of what they want? the final one is the supreme court. especially what happens if antonin scalia or anthony kennedy retire? forget ruth bader ginsburg. lusciously what happened even if there's a mainstream nominee what if president obama names the f
or two questions that john boehner. number one, ac temperamentally willing to go and legislate, especially if he is major concessions president. i think you might get the answer is yes. at least the second second question. can he bring his caucus along? a couple of the leading tea party members of the house republican maturity would see this, but the caucus is still as conservative as it was before last night. so i don't know the answer, but we have issues that could really divide us....
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boehner in particular rather than just a philosophical that you just gave us? how does he keep people in? >> you're going to have to ask him. one thing he is going to have to do is keep them. >> what do you mean by that? >> we've been in the football so many times with the republicans this year that we are almost there on let's start with the first they didn't have the vote and negotiated and than they didn't have the votes and we had to preside but we didn't have the input into the bill. that's one. then you go to the fault. that was terrible. by and large they openly said they thought it was okay if we default. they would take us to a place we would be downgraded because of the uncertainty as to when we would pass legislation to honor the full faith and credit of the united states of america. if they want to do that or not. what he wanted to did he just want to prolong it or 41 to find an agreement i really don't know >> rapid round with david rogers. you are a historic figure both as the first woman speaker and the legislation that you passed. what do you wa
boehner in particular rather than just a philosophical that you just gave us? how does he keep people in? >> you're going to have to ask him. one thing he is going to have to do is keep them. >> what do you mean by that? >> we've been in the football so many times with the republicans this year that we are almost there on let's start with the first they didn't have the vote and negotiated and than they didn't have the votes and we had to preside but we didn't have the input...
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we may have the debt limit reached again and that is what we were talking about earlier with john boehner saying we will bring it down unless we get what we want in it and we've got all of these sequesters taking effect on june reversed mindless across-the-board cuts in the short term is all about disasters in the long run you have an of member of the new to solve the problem but you may not be alive along the way. if we end up with a my way or highway confrontation at that point, god help us and that is our problem i think and another part which is reflected what tom is saying is a widespread public misunderstanding of the stimulus we didn't have a typical recession when we rebound quickly. it's one caused by a financial crisis. we are doing so much better than other countries, and the stimulus, without the stimulus we would be possibly close to a depression right now. we know from most of the forecasts that millions of jobs and economic growth were created but people don't see it coming and there is an understandable unhappiness with government, unemployment remains stubbornly high and
we may have the debt limit reached again and that is what we were talking about earlier with john boehner saying we will bring it down unless we get what we want in it and we've got all of these sequesters taking effect on june reversed mindless across-the-board cuts in the short term is all about disasters in the long run you have an of member of the new to solve the problem but you may not be alive along the way. if we end up with a my way or highway confrontation at that point, god help us...
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john boehner. mr. speaker, thank you for coming again. [applause] also joining us is the state president of the north dakota fraternal order of police, grant benjamin. he is here today representing the national board of directors in honor of a lost board of director member from the fraternal order of police, steve cantor, who passed away in the line of duty in 2011. steve was the fourth national board member of the fop to die in the line of duty, and grant is here to represent especially his friend, steve cantor. thank you, grant. [applause] next, i welcome lynn hinny, she'll be welcoming you all in a few minutes. [applause] turning now to my left, please welcome paul irving, the sergeant at arms in the house of of the representatives. this is his first service as the house sergeant at arms, and we're grateful for his presence. [applause] next is the acting chief of the united states capitol police. tom reynolds is joining us for the first year as the acting chief. thank you, chief. [applause] next to chief reynolds is the acting director
john boehner. mr. speaker, thank you for coming again. [applause] also joining us is the state president of the north dakota fraternal order of police, grant benjamin. he is here today representing the national board of directors in honor of a lost board of director member from the fraternal order of police, steve cantor, who passed away in the line of duty in 2011. steve was the fourth national board member of the fop to die in the line of duty, and grant is here to represent especially his...
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i think boehner has been very clear. i think revenues are on the table. they are at the moment drawing a line on tax rates, but we will see where that goes. the last time, you are right, didn't work and we were not facing quite the same set of circumstances we are facing today so i'm cautiously optimistic although i will offer to say lastly that people sometimes say okay, it looks like simpson-bowles, everything in between zero and $4 trillion we could end up with all kinds of outcomes that may be less than i would like and maybe less than all of you would like but at least something. i'm hoping it is more over here but i don't know. >> and steve, so we are gathered here to talk about u.s. global competitiveness. how important is resolving these issues to the american position on the global economy? >> first of all i think it's important not just our position in the global comment about our position in the world. admiral mullen who was the previous chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said our greatest national security threat was our fiscal position and
i think boehner has been very clear. i think revenues are on the table. they are at the moment drawing a line on tax rates, but we will see where that goes. the last time, you are right, didn't work and we were not facing quite the same set of circumstances we are facing today so i'm cautiously optimistic although i will offer to say lastly that people sometimes say okay, it looks like simpson-bowles, everything in between zero and $4 trillion we could end up with all kinds of outcomes that may...
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all of the people who held the line on the debt ceiling, again, they confronted speaker boehner with that. they were holding the line on that. >> right. >> they're all going to say, never mind, what we were holding the line on in the summer of 2011 suddenly doesn't matter anymore? >> not all of them, but enough of them will, i think. i don't know, do east of you -- >> once again i find myself in the usual quite familiar position of disagreeing with everybody about everything. [laughter] first of all, yes, yes, neither romney nor obama has specified a specific problem about how to proceed on the budget. nonetheless, it's not difficult to predict that an obama second term would emphasize increased domestic spending and less defense spending to some kind of loose degree with romney emphasizing the opposite. second, the argument that people don't know is an extremely weak argument, frankly. people -- you don't, the mass of voters doesn't need to understand this. it is only the marinnal voters who need to -- marginal voters who need to understand. and i have an old paper on why the ration
all of the people who held the line on the debt ceiling, again, they confronted speaker boehner with that. they were holding the line on that. >> right. >> they're all going to say, never mind, what we were holding the line on in the summer of 2011 suddenly doesn't matter anymore? >> not all of them, but enough of them will, i think. i don't know, do east of you -- >> once again i find myself in the usual quite familiar position of disagreeing with everybody about...
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i admire boehner keeping his temper. reid has shown us this week of level of dishonesty that is breathtaking. he is no basis for his attacks on romney. he is not produced a single person is substantiated. you have a president you can't work with and they basically have been patiently trying to buy time to get to the election and the host of a president who wants to be bipartisan and a senate willing to actually sit down to work. >> host: show on the independent line from spring green in wisconsin. >> caller: hello, first of all, newt, i wish you were the classic college professor. the country would be in much better shape. i don't know if you're the most intelligent guy in the room, but you certainly articulate the most intelligent points. i want to talk about our president. my president, i would really like someone to call this guy on what he is. he's the pandering cheese and expect all these groups, women, free contraception. hispanics, amnesty like. voter registration is now going to come with your welfare check as we
i admire boehner keeping his temper. reid has shown us this week of level of dishonesty that is breathtaking. he is no basis for his attacks on romney. he is not produced a single person is substantiated. you have a president you can't work with and they basically have been patiently trying to buy time to get to the election and the host of a president who wants to be bipartisan and a senate willing to actually sit down to work. >> host: show on the independent line from spring green in...
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a campaign's national press secretary and communication strategists, -- former press secretary john boehner and vice president of jda front line, -- he had quartered in charleston, south carolina. >> you're all invited down. >> we'll meet at hank's. peter brown is assistant director of the quinnepiac university polling institute and of their ubiquitous battleground states and national polls which make quinnipiac most unlikely household words in the political world. has experience covering white house and presidential campaigns for upi and scripps howard. welcome all. as we heard over the last hour there are very substantial differences between president obama and mitt romney on a range of issues. of those differences, which do you think will be the most important in shaping the general election campaign? kevin? >> i think it will come down to, first of all, let me thank everybody for being here. i really want to thank skbrol and peter. it has been a pleasure to be with joel, one of the best in the business and so is peter. i'm very grateful to be up here with them. and ron as we know is one
a campaign's national press secretary and communication strategists, -- former press secretary john boehner and vice president of jda front line, -- he had quartered in charleston, south carolina. >> you're all invited down. >> we'll meet at hank's. peter brown is assistant director of the quinnepiac university polling institute and of their ubiquitous battleground states and national polls which make quinnipiac most unlikely household words in the political world. has experience...
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. >> rather, he spoke with speaker boehner and senator reid over the weekend. he will meet with them at the appropriate time as well as obviously nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. so, the process that he began is continuing. we continue to be optimistic that a balanced approach is achievable. we know what the solutions are. i think what was said in an op-ed, one benefit of all the debates we've had, negotiations and discussions over the past couple of years on this issue is we know what the parameters of a balanced solution to these challenges looks like. they include both spending cuts and revenues, and entitlement reforms. they have to have all three legs to be a part of it. >> host: jay carney yesterday at the white house when he was asked about this idea of going off the fiscal cliff. he has had at his press briefing yesterday thousand, the chairman of president obama's council of economic advisers. to talk about what would happen if we go off the so-called fiscal cliff, and in this report put out by the white house, american consumers will spend 200 billio
. >> rather, he spoke with speaker boehner and senator reid over the weekend. he will meet with them at the appropriate time as well as obviously nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell. so, the process that he began is continuing. we continue to be optimistic that a balanced approach is achievable. we know what the solutions are. i think what was said in an op-ed, one benefit of all the debates we've had, negotiations and discussions over the past couple of years on this issue is we know what...
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that's the challenge i gave to the speaker today, speaker boehner. let the house vote. if they voted overwhelmingly, mr. president, one republican suggested, one republican house member that more than half of the republicans in the house would vote for giving the tax security to people who make less than $250,000 a year. so i say let's have speaker boehner call upon the republicans in the house to add 25 or so votes to what the democrats would do, and you'd have 218 votes and we could go on to taking care of the fiscal cliff. mr. president, my friend protests too much. the senate is broken and needs to be fixed and we need to change the rules. we change them all the time. last year we changed the rules. why? because, mr. president, what they were doing -- republicans -- just to stop and slow down everything, after two cloture votes -- remember that takes a long time to file two cloture petitions, a couple of days and then 30 hours. two cloture votes, 60 hours. you would think the debate was all over. oh, no, what they decided they were going to do is suspend the rules a
that's the challenge i gave to the speaker today, speaker boehner. let the house vote. if they voted overwhelmingly, mr. president, one republican suggested, one republican house member that more than half of the republicans in the house would vote for giving the tax security to people who make less than $250,000 a year. so i say let's have speaker boehner call upon the republicans in the house to add 25 or so votes to what the democrats would do, and you'd have 218 votes and we could go on to...
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have you heard of the speaker john boehner? here's how smart the democrats are. they have made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent so it's pretty easy for most people to get reelected. a lot of them have no o -- o poems. -- opponents. some have nominal opponents, the green party, justice party, constitutional party. they know how to keep them out of the debate, wear them down with ballot access obstacles. what are we doing about the member of congress? we have to ask ourselves some important questions. answer this one for me. please be candid. someone who is your neighbor, let's say, knocks on your door and says hi, i'm your new neighbor. i just want to tell you a little bit about myself. got a min? you put down your little iphone, turn off the tv. i spend 23% of your income. i can let all kinds of companies rip you off, unemployee you, under ensure you, disrespect you, invade your privacy, and expose you to toxic chemicals. i can raise your taxes or lower your taxes. i can send your children to war by letting the preside
have you heard of the speaker john boehner? here's how smart the democrats are. they have made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent so it's pretty easy for most people to get reelected. a lot of them have no o -- o poems. -- opponents. some have nominal opponents, the green party, justice party, constitutional party. they know how to keep them out of the debate, wear them down with ballot access obstacles. what are we doing about the member of congress?...
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the senate democrats have said give us a vote on the democratic bill, give us a vote, and john boehner has said, well, sure, we'll give you a vote, and we're going to beat it. the truth is they have 242 republicans, very few republicans are expected to support the democratic plan. they're happily -- they haven't officially determined it, but they expect to among the series of options that they'll vote on probably thursday will be the democratic bill. and you'll see a very what the caller, christina, does not like, you'll see a very polarized vote, you'll see almost all the democrats voting for it, almost all the republicans voting against it. so they'll knock that down before they move on to passing the republican bill. >> host: paul kane, congressional reporter with "the washington post," is our guest. michael's in tucson, arizona, republican caller. good morning. >> caller: good morning, he low. >> host: hi. >> caller: hello. >> host: what do you have to say? >> caller: my question is, what do the obama administration or romney administration plan to do with the gas prices that are s
the senate democrats have said give us a vote on the democratic bill, give us a vote, and john boehner has said, well, sure, we'll give you a vote, and we're going to beat it. the truth is they have 242 republicans, very few republicans are expected to support the democratic plan. they're happily -- they haven't officially determined it, but they expect to among the series of options that they'll vote on probably thursday will be the democratic bill. and you'll see a very what the caller,...
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it's about, um, it's sort of an inside look on house speaker john boehner and the way he manages the tea party in his conference. there's some articles i've read that show just how crazy it can get in there with a lot of these freshmen who are put in by the tea party who arguably with are controlling the way that the house is running even though they're freshmen, and john boehner's in charge. there's one line i have right here, apparently in a meeting with his conference, um, boehner told people, get your ass in line. [laughter] and i think this past congress has been so polarizing and so ineffective that a book like this would be great for some summer reading to just kick back and figure out some of the dramas that were actually going on behind the scenes as we watched nothing happen. another book i'd like to read on a totally different note is called "love is a mix tape." it's a story about -- it's written by someone who works for rolling stone, but it's a personal story about,somebody, about how he fell in love with someone who also fell in love with him, and they were a very unli
it's about, um, it's sort of an inside look on house speaker john boehner and the way he manages the tea party in his conference. there's some articles i've read that show just how crazy it can get in there with a lot of these freshmen who are put in by the tea party who arguably with are controlling the way that the house is running even though they're freshmen, and john boehner's in charge. there's one line i have right here, apparently in a meeting with his conference, um, boehner told...
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i remember calling up a guy before i worked for romney i worked for boehner in the majority leader officer, i called up the digital guy tell me about twitter. how it's going work. he said you don't need to know it. it's not a big thing. here we're now, i notice during the campaign so much of what we did was driven from the bottom up through twitter. and -- even when i was on the plane. we would do the different gaggle. she would do it on a bigger plane. air force one. we call pear force one. i would got back of the plane and gaggle for fifteen or twint minutes. by the time i would come back i would come back on twitter and say it made news. >> people responded and taked you on twitter. >> when you say people you don't mean people you mean reporters. >> or people. [laughter] reporters are not people. >> that was on the free to be you and me. the reporters are people. but you mean this was the kind of back stage conversation you were watching playout on twitter? sometimes real people. it was more important how the journalist were using twitter. >> yeah. it became a incredible news. you could
i remember calling up a guy before i worked for romney i worked for boehner in the majority leader officer, i called up the digital guy tell me about twitter. how it's going work. he said you don't need to know it. it's not a big thing. here we're now, i notice during the campaign so much of what we did was driven from the bottom up through twitter. and -- even when i was on the plane. we would do the different gaggle. she would do it on a bigger plane. air force one. we call pear force one. i...
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john boehner threatened once again a debt ceiling fight not to raise the debt ceiling which the last time helped pull at our economy even further and put our credit rating diminished. so they are doing the strict sabotage efforts much less not passing the american jobs act or a piece of legislation that i know would create 2 million jobs because we would just hire people to do the jobs the we need to do in our country. so, here's the truth. during the obama administration, 4.3 million jobs have been created. we know we had a bad week when they were talking about the only 69,000 jobs were created. i just want to point out that 69,000 jobs is still 69,000 more jobs that were created than during eight years of the bush at ministration. [applause] and 27 straight months of jobs. here's the solution that the republicans offer. austerity. we know how well that worked. roger pointed out how well that worked in europe. and there is increasing now talk not just among republicans that the democrats as well about the bowles-simpson plan or as i like to call it, the b.s. plan. and roger is right
john boehner threatened once again a debt ceiling fight not to raise the debt ceiling which the last time helped pull at our economy even further and put our credit rating diminished. so they are doing the strict sabotage efforts much less not passing the american jobs act or a piece of legislation that i know would create 2 million jobs because we would just hire people to do the jobs the we need to do in our country. so, here's the truth. during the obama administration, 4.3 million jobs have...
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congressional leadership was -- one of the few times you saw on the same stage nancy pelosi and john boehner and mitch mcconnell and senator reid together in a common cause and the these waspss at come back to get the congressional medal in the new visitor center. i had gotten to know a lot of them over the years and they were as feisty as ever. several of them still fit into the uniforms. when i wrote about margaret i went and flew in a plane with her and she gave some lessons in the air. >> host: the first time you flew a plane? >> guest: she figured that out right away. she had done this before. she was a great lady. she got back to fort wayne and the day the war ended she flew over fort wayne and dumped them out and said germany surrenders. an amazing time. >> host: do they reference the greatest generation more than nbc? >> guest: combination of the two but consistently "the greatest generation". i rode "the greatest generation" in 1998 and this is not humility but the anniversary of being true. what i really did was just open the door or as ken burns said, you gave them permission to t
congressional leadership was -- one of the few times you saw on the same stage nancy pelosi and john boehner and mitch mcconnell and senator reid together in a common cause and the these waspss at come back to get the congressional medal in the new visitor center. i had gotten to know a lot of them over the years and they were as feisty as ever. several of them still fit into the uniforms. when i wrote about margaret i went and flew in a plane with her and she gave some lessons in the air....
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republicans passed a bill weeks ago that would have preserved current rates, and late last week, speaker boehner, liter cantor, senator kyl and i sent a -- leader cantor, senator kyl and i sent a joint leader to the president proposing multiple solutions to the problem that was thoughtfully and carefully designed to gain the president's support. in fact, the solutions were based on the president's own proposals. let me say that again. we sent a letter to the president advocating continuing the current rate for another year and proposed pay-fors that he himself has endorsed. so you can imagine how surprised we were to see one of the president's political advisors say on one of the sunday shows yesterday that republicans in congress are sitting on our hands and an op-ed this morning by education secretary saying that congress isn't lifting a finger to resolve the problem. so let's be very clear about all this. republicans in congress are the only ones actual working to solve the student loan issue and unless the president isn't having his male forwarded to him on -- his mail forwarded to him on th
republicans passed a bill weeks ago that would have preserved current rates, and late last week, speaker boehner, liter cantor, senator kyl and i sent a -- leader cantor, senator kyl and i sent a joint leader to the president proposing multiple solutions to the problem that was thoughtfully and carefully designed to gain the president's support. in fact, the solutions were based on the president's own proposals. let me say that again. we sent a letter to the president advocating continuing the...
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i recognize, boehner, the type of somebody to negotiability with and i can work with. and -- saying just vote for my stuff. it's not very persuasive. >> all right. thank you both for coming. we got close to the president and went back to the -- couldn't get there. so we work to do, pete, we really do in moving beyond the rhetoric and hopefully the election will make absolutely clear what the american people are hoping for us to do the way we tackle the fiscal cliff and future tax reform. thank you both for joining us. [applause] [applause] >> we talked in the what's panel a lot about 2013 and what's going to happen i want to go back to the end of the year. what do you both feel like is likely to actually happen then, and what are some areas where you can see a comprise happening? >> doug, you want to start? >> sure. i think it's important to recognize that really three different issues involved, and the first is the literally the fiscal cliff. the end of the tax increases and spending cuts that will happen on auto pilot. which i view as a tremendous threat to the econo
i recognize, boehner, the type of somebody to negotiability with and i can work with. and -- saying just vote for my stuff. it's not very persuasive. >> all right. thank you both for coming. we got close to the president and went back to the -- couldn't get there. so we work to do, pete, we really do in moving beyond the rhetoric and hopefully the election will make absolutely clear what the american people are hoping for us to do the way we tackle the fiscal cliff and future tax reform....
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until then from house speaker john boehner who said wednesday that the house will repeal the class act as part of president obama's health care law that deals with the long-term health care proposal. this is about 10 minutes. [applause] >> thank you all. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. [applause] >> let me say thanks to john for the very generous introduction. let me say thanks to all of you for taking the time out of your productive lives and running your businesses to come to washington to play a role in your government. it's important that the voices of the people of our country come to washington, talk to their members of congress about the important work that you do in your communities. as john pointed out, i used to run a small business myself. the last thing i ever thought i would ever do would be involved in politics. but after my business was up and running, i got involved in my neighborhood homeowners association. [laughte [laughter] >> and.. up in the united states congress and i tell people, this too could happen to you. [laughter] >> i never thought i could d
until then from house speaker john boehner who said wednesday that the house will repeal the class act as part of president obama's health care law that deals with the long-term health care proposal. this is about 10 minutes. [applause] >> thank you all. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. [applause] >> let me say thanks to john for the very generous introduction. let me say thanks to all of you for taking the time out of your productive lives and running your...
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john boehner did not issue was the one member who voted to raise taxes on the middle class. >>moderator: another 30 seconds. buerkle: what dan maffei does is distort my record he is not willing to take responsibility for his own record. one has to be responsible. he talks about over $1 million so many file a personal tax return to say it low desperately affect job creators they don't need to be taxed any further. >> guy support the eisenhower rates they could raise 1.2 trillion dollars. we are not hearing from ann marie buerkle 49 how they will cover the deficit. they don't to bring in any other revenue. what program will they cut? >> we do raise 81 percent of what the president was a good raise a few cap at 1 million. the jt's the farms that pay '04 $1 million ann marie buerkle trying to protect her wealthy friends. the adl that i distort the record. >>moderator: reem will see what happens done tuesday. talk about simpson bowles the bipartisan commission studying this and great detail they came up with a plan to reduce it and simplify and lower tax rates across the board al
john boehner did not issue was the one member who voted to raise taxes on the middle class. >>moderator: another 30 seconds. buerkle: what dan maffei does is distort my record he is not willing to take responsibility for his own record. one has to be responsible. he talks about over $1 million so many file a personal tax return to say it low desperately affect job creators they don't need to be taxed any further. >> guy support the eisenhower rates they could raise 1.2 trillion...
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. >> representative schakowsky, your speaker john boehner, speaker of the house, had a guest from illinois, representing marathon petroleum in his box with him regarding that he was involved with the xl pipeline. i want to get your reaction to that. >> well, first of all the president did say he believed in all of the above energy strategy. that, yes, we should double down on clean energy but he also talked about how we have expanded the use of oil over the last few years and reduced our reliance on foreign oil. look, what he did was say that that, for now is over. that the xl pipeline is not going, is not going to happen now. i don't know if it will be revisited with a new route but, clearly the energy sources of the future are the new technologies that he mentioned that we should develop. >> jan schakowsky is a democrat from illinois and a member of the energy and commerce committee. we're live here in statuary hall getting reaction from members to the president's state of the union speech. thank you, congresswoman. thank you very much. and now joining us is glen thompson, a member of co
. >> representative schakowsky, your speaker john boehner, speaker of the house, had a guest from illinois, representing marathon petroleum in his box with him regarding that he was involved with the xl pipeline. i want to get your reaction to that. >> well, first of all the president did say he believed in all of the above energy strategy. that, yes, we should double down on clean energy but he also talked about how we have expanded the use of oil over the last few years and...
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. >> i don't consider eric cantor or john boehner part of the tea party there. but the thing about it is you are basically taking an old line of conservative republicans and putting a new label on them. in the tea party movement -- they voted for obama in 2008, these democrats did, or for john kerry or al gore in 2000. there are not many. will president iranian people stand up to this element? could president obama cinnabon entitlement changes? looking at two sides of the same point. they are both problematic. >> the voters get this. they get the joke. they needed him to be the severe mitt romney. that is why these ads look at the most over-the-top negative ads, which have come from barack obama and not mitt romney. most of the sit in the washington dc meeting. and he say, basically, i will not have a contraceptive and i will be cancer and die because of mitt romney. that is essentially what they are saying because he's going to cut off planned parenthood. i think you saw him at this debate the other day for both reasons. one, it is not territorial and he didn't
. >> i don't consider eric cantor or john boehner part of the tea party there. but the thing about it is you are basically taking an old line of conservative republicans and putting a new label on them. in the tea party movement -- they voted for obama in 2008, these democrats did, or for john kerry or al gore in 2000. there are not many. will president iranian people stand up to this element? could president obama cinnabon entitlement changes? looking at two sides of the same point. they...
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leadership was one of the few took place in which you saw on the same stage, nancy pelosi and john boehner, and mitch mcconnell and senator reid together in a common cause and these wasps had come back. many of them in their uniform to get the congressional medal in the new visitor center there i gotten to know a lot of them over there they were as feisty as ever. and several of them still fit into the uniforms. when i wrote about margaret i went out and flew in a plane with her and she gave me some lessons in the air. >> host: that is first time you had ever flown a plane? >> guest: no i actually had my -- she figured that right away. you have done this before. she was a great lady. she got back to fort wayne as you know and the day that the war ended she had leaflets in her airplane. she flew over fort wayne and dumped them out and said, germany surrenders. so it was amazing time. >> host: one more question before we go to calls, when people run into you do they reference the greatest generation more than nbc or vice versa? >> guest: a combination of the two but consistently "the greates
leadership was one of the few took place in which you saw on the same stage, nancy pelosi and john boehner, and mitch mcconnell and senator reid together in a common cause and these wasps had come back. many of them in their uniform to get the congressional medal in the new visitor center there i gotten to know a lot of them over there they were as feisty as ever. and several of them still fit into the uniforms. when i wrote about margaret i went out and flew in a plane with her and she gave me...
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so regardless of whether congressman's republican party and sean boehner remain in control or whether democrats take control, i'm committed to ensuring that the best people in our offices responding to the needs of the constituents here. in terms of working across the aisle with the other party, i hope this election season, especially at the presidential level has been stirring kiss. the last two years we've seen of getting nothing done in congress, that we will learn from that when we begin a new session in january. for my part, having spent most of my career and nonpartisan public service, not seeing republican or democrat, i believe they have the experience and the temperament to ensure i can reach across the aisle. as i said at the out set, or waging a sharp campaign because i care very much about priorities and values and future of this region. but you haven't heard me say anything negative about the congressman personally. it's an important base to start from. it's important to see the differences, but not personalize them. that's the attitude over into service in congress. >> m
so regardless of whether congressman's republican party and sean boehner remain in control or whether democrats take control, i'm committed to ensuring that the best people in our offices responding to the needs of the constituents here. in terms of working across the aisle with the other party, i hope this election season, especially at the presidential level has been stirring kiss. the last two years we've seen of getting nothing done in congress, that we will learn from that when we begin a...
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leadership was one of the few took place in which you saw on the same stage, nancy pelosi and john boehner, and mitch mcconnell and senator reid together in a common cause and these wasps had come back. many of them in their uniform to get the congressional medal in the new visitor center there i gotten to know a lot of them over there they were as feisty as ever. and several of them still fit into the uniforms. when i wrote about margaret i went out and flew in a plane with her and she gave me some lessons in the air. >> host: that is first time you had ever flown a plane? >> guest: no i actually had my -- she figured that right away. you have done this before. she was a great lady. she got back to fort wayne as you know and the day that the war ended she had leaflets in her airplane. she flew over fort wayne and dumped them out and said, germany surrenders. so it was amazing time. >> host: one more question before we go to calls, when people run into you do they reference the greatest generation more than nbc or vice versa? >> guest: a combination of the two but consistently "the greates
leadership was one of the few took place in which you saw on the same stage, nancy pelosi and john boehner, and mitch mcconnell and senator reid together in a common cause and these wasps had come back. many of them in their uniform to get the congressional medal in the new visitor center there i gotten to know a lot of them over there they were as feisty as ever. and several of them still fit into the uniforms. when i wrote about margaret i went out and flew in a plane with her and she gave me...
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he whispered to boehner and boehner brought it back and it got denied. he did his part. the fact of the matter is, for you to lead, you have to be there and you have to take risk. every time i get together with democrats in new jersey, i'm at risk. politically. >> do you think the president doesn't take enough risk? >> certainly not. and certainly not on things that are uncomfortable. i mean, was there risk involved with trying to kill osama bin laden, absolutely. does he deserve great credit to make the decision to do that yes, he does. but let's face it the downside risk was relatively minimal even if it had gone poorly the american people would have said you know what? worth a try trying to get this guy. and so that's a -- that's a decision he made that was a difficult decision but a relatively risk-free decision on the back end. people might have criticized -- >> people might disagree with that. when it comes to it, a lot of people were urging to you run for president. it's a tough job. if the president was here, he would have some things to say. when you were runnin
he whispered to boehner and boehner brought it back and it got denied. he did his part. the fact of the matter is, for you to lead, you have to be there and you have to take risk. every time i get together with democrats in new jersey, i'm at risk. politically. >> do you think the president doesn't take enough risk? >> certainly not. and certainly not on things that are uncomfortable. i mean, was there risk involved with trying to kill osama bin laden, absolutely. does he deserve...